Unit 1 City and village

Activity 2

Objective: to listen for main points

Tell PP they are going to listen to a radio programme about Apple Day. Ask PP to read the questions and note the answers while listening. After the first listening ask PP- if they have found the answers, if they have, ask them what they think the answers are. Do not say if PP are right or wrong. Then play the tape again and stop after each answer and let PP tell you if they were right or wrong.

Tapescript

Good morning listeners. You're listening to Farming Today on Radio 2 with Frank Smith. We begin our programme today with a look at Apple Day. This year Apple Day is on October the 21st. But what is Apple Day? Mr John Drake is an apple farmer and he's here to tell us all about it. Frank: Good morning, Mr Drake. Mr Drake: Good morning, Frank. Frank: So tell us, Mr Drake, what is Apple Day? Mr Drake: Apple Day is a celebration of apples, orchards and character. The festival began in 1990. People in the USA and the UK were unhappy because old kinds of apples were disappearing ... in fact.. well, in the market there were just a few, international kinds of apple. They looked beautiful, but you know, they didn't always taste nice! People wanted their traditional, delicious apples. So in many villages and small towns people like me got together and began to have Apple Days and Apple Festivals to make people interested in the old, traditional kinds of apples.... (fade)